We recently realized that although some of the participants have stayed in Pokhara, others migrated to other cities or returned to their communities. This is a serious challenge preventing some visually impaired in achieving fluency in IT and English. As a result iec Nepal’s improved strategy will include providing the participants with laptops for hire at a nominal cost and heavily discounted and reliable internet in the iec Cyber (cross-financed from the revenue generated on the sighted customers). This will make sure that the visually impaired participants of the training will receive enough training and access to computer, to be independent computer users, even if they choose to leave Pokhara.

IT and English Training

IEC Nepal was conceived and initiated by Khom Raj Sharma (2009), who in addition to overcoming his own challenges of being blind, has been helping empower people with disabilities through his numerous initiatives and projects for thedisabled in Nepal.